“This is big news, huh?” Ponder said Friday when he noticed a crowd around his locker, via Tom Pelissero of 1500ESPN.com. “Good Lord.”

For a quarterback to date pretty and/or famous people is nothing new, and it’s also impossible to conceal in a Twitter world. In fact, Ponder and Steele were discovered when he accidentally tweeted her (not a euphemism) earlier this month.

“There’s been a thousand articles today about it,” Ponder said. “You can’t really worry about it. You’ve got to try to keep it private, but that’s just part of the industry, part of the job. I don’t know. Comes with the territory.”

He apparently met Steele on the set of “College Game Day” last year, and seemed rather pleased with himself.

That doesn’t mean his teammates haven’t been destroying him, with the offensive line referring to him as “Mr. Steele,” and tight end Kyle Rudolph saying it wouldn’t have happened if they weren’t winning.

There’s been a thousand articles today about it,” Ponder said. “You can’t really worry about it.
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If you cant really worry about it, then how did you become aware that there are a 1000 articles about it? Sounds like the type to google himself everyday. (not a euphemism)

Ms Steele can never date another football player ever again if this doesnt work out as she will be labeled some unkind names.Reality. Which is why i dont think its a good idea for her and her career. Besides, if she is asked to cover his games, how do you think she sides or is this going to be purposefully avoided so no conflict of interest?

He graduated college in 2.5 years and he has a Masters degree. He’s also a starting NFL quarterback with a big salary and a hot girlfriend. I guess if it makes you feel better about yourself, you could call him “dim witted.”

Oh yeah, he also beat Jacksonville by getting the team in field goal position from his own 20-yard line in 11 seconds. That’s gotta hurt.

“He graduated college in 2.5 years and he has a Masters degree. He’s also a starting NFL quarterback with a big salary and a hot girlfriend. I guess if it makes you feel better about yourself, you could call him “dim witted.”

Sam Steele is a definite downgrade from Erin Andrews, both in terms of appearance & job performance.. the appearance part is understandable, but the job performance part is mind-boggling.. we’ve finally found someone who does more to ruin Gameday than Desmond Howard, which was once thought impossible ..ponder that

“Likewise, he smoothly handled the breaking news that he’s dating an ESPN sideline reporter named Samantha Steele (she’s the taller one on the left).”

Thanks for making sure we really know which one she was. Despite the fact that she was wearing a name tag that clearly says “Samantha Steele” and was next to a little girl whose name tag says “Lori Anne”, I’m not sure my little brain could’ve put together which one he was dating. Thanks for the heads up.

You can tell the loser Packer fans because they keep referencing Erin Andrews who supposedly went on a couple dates with Aaron Rodgers, according to some internet reports and when it happened, no one cared in the media world.

They’re jealous because up and comer Christian Ponder is getting more pub for dating a sideline reporter, than Rodgers got. But what’s pathetic is Packer fans are actually trying to compare the girls as some sort of competition. Packer fans are so pathetically jealous that Aaron Rodgers’ beard didn’t get any attention.

“He graduated college in 2.5 years and he has a Masters degree. He’s also a starting NFL quarterback with a big salary and a hot girlfriend. I guess if it makes you feel better about yourself, you could call him “dim witted.”

the vikings are not going to be down on the bottom with the lions in the division that is not what the article is about you are most likely a packer fan and you guys are going down when we play you cant wait till harrison and allen and greenway get there hands on the packers and put them packing